Way Fire
The Way Fire was reported on March 12, 2026 in Hale County, Texas and burned 463 acres. It was fully contained on March 12, 2026. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 463 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 12, 2026
- Personnel
- 8
Map
Perimeter mapped March 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM CDT, 11 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.978, -101.714.
The incident
- Size
- 463 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 12, 2026 at 4:16 PM CDT
- Contained
- March 12, 2026 at 6:03 PM CDT
- Controlled
- March 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM CDT
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use, Unknown (remarks required)
- Location
- 12 Miles S from Plainview, TX
- County
- Hale County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 8
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-TXTXS-262359
- IRWIN identifier
- 60C27637-B3EF-4E1F-A727-919FD5913834
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hale Center, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Hale Center, TX10 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Petersburg, TX10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Abernathy, TX13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Plainview, TX14 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Seth Ward, TX16 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Lockney, TX19 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated March 30, 2026 at 9:34 AM CDT. Identifier 2026-TXTXS-262359.